Intended meaning
The author distinguishes between sin, wrongdoing, transgression, and error, and does not treat them as synonymous terms Each has its own specific domain and different effects related to forgiveness, expiation, and pardon
The atom’s structure in the atlas
- Type of argument: Distinguishing
- Movement of the argument: It differentiates between sin, wrongdoing, transgression, and error.
- Key terms: sin, wrongdoing, transgression, error.
- Degree of centrality: Primary.
This atom establishes a precise conceptual network for responsibility, so that closely related terms are not equated, but each is given its own effect in forgiveness, expiation, and pardon.
Reading aids
Grounding
- Supporting text: «It distinguishes between sin, wrongdoing, transgression, and error, and gives each a different domain and different effects of forgiveness, expiation, and pardon».
Place of grounding in the book
- Book: Islam and Faith.
- Location: in the first section of the book
- Type of grounding: Close witness.
- Verification marker: sin with forgiveness
- Reading note: This passage is suitable as support because it distinguishes between sin and wrongdoing and associates each with a different effect, which is close to the atom in terms of detail.
Degree of documentation
- Level: Directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom rests on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: The wording above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is cited verbatim.
Its function in the book
Its function here is definitional; it fixes a meaning or conceptual distinction on which Shahrur relies in building the idea.
Editorial note
Conceptual distinction is the foundation of the entire structure.